An inquest has been told that faulty scaffolding was partly to blame for the death of a worker at Brympton House at Odcombe. South Western Ambulance Service is proposing a reduction in break times for crews working on long shifts. The FA in Somerset is hosting a series of training sessions for anyone wanting to become a football referee...and more.
An inquest has been told that faulty scaffolding was partly to blame for the death of a worker at Brympton House at Odcombe. Tadeusz Marcinkowski, aged thirty-seven, was carrying out repairs to the library at the Grade-2 listed property when the scaffolding he was standing on collapsed and he fell to the floor. He died in the hospital the following day from head injuries. The inquest was told that poorly erected scaffolding used at the time had contributed to his death.
South Western Ambulance Service is proposing a reduction in break times for crews working on long shifts. Managers believe shorter break periods will improve ambulance response times but ambulance workers disagree and have won the support of their union to fight the plan.
An insect expert in Somerset says urgent action is needed to halt the decline in the insect population. A survey based on a measurement of insect remains on car number plates found that insect numbers have fallen by two-thirds in the twenty years since the last survey was carried out in 2004.
Junior doctors at hospitals in Somerset are on strike for a second day today. They’re demanding a thirty-five per cent pay rise after what they claim has been fifteen years of below-inflation increases. The government has described the pay demand as unreasonable.
Police are appealing for witnesses to an incident in which a man sustained head and other injuries in Ilminster. It happened in Station Road at around 4 am yesterday morning. Police say they don’t know how the man came to be injured and are keen to hear from anyone with dashcam or other footage of the Station Road area at the time. If you can help, you’re asked to call the non-emergency number 101.
The FA in Somerset is hosting a series of training sessions for anyone wanting to become a football referee.
The first of the new medium lift helicopters being built by Leonardo in Yeovil for the RAF will be delivered in 2031. Somerset Council has launched a public consultation on planned new charges at its two hundred public car parks. More women in Somerset are said to be taking up walking football... and more
A Yeovil headteacher says he’s concerned about plans to stop giving school holiday food vouchers to families on low incomes. The owner of Yeovil Town is calling on fans to be patient as he continues his overhaul of the National League side. A high voltage fault is being blamed for plunging 1700 homes into darkness in the Ilminster area... and more
Plans have been submitted to convert two properties in Yeovil into houses of multiple occupation. A new court date has been announced for a Yeovil man charged with attempted murder. An engineer who has worked at the Leonardo factory in Yeovil for 40-years has won a top industry award... and more
Police say a fire at the former Oscar Mayer food factory in Chard was started deliberately. Yeovil College says it would have been adversely affected had Leonardo not won the contract to build new medium-lift helicopters. A seven-foot dragon will be visiting towns and villages in our area during the next few weeks to promote Somerset Day... and more
Two Wildcat helicopters from 815 Squadron at RNAS Yeovilton have arrived in Cyprus to help protect RAF Akrotiri from further Iranian drone strikes. New figures show that 40 people were killed on Avon and Somerset’s roads in the last 12-months. A Somerset man has been recalling the day 60-years ago when he was a passenger on the last train on the Somerset and Dorset Railway... and more
Defence Minister Luke Pollard has been explaining why it took the government so long to confirm a contract for the Leonardo in Yeovil to build new medium lift helicopters for the RAF. Police are investigating a break in at a pet shop in Ilminster. Somerset Council is to stop using red ink on council tax reminder letters... and more
Two military helicopters from RNAS Yeovilton are being sent to Cyprus to help bolster UK’s defences amid the US-Israel war with Iran. Yeovil Town Council is seeking legal advice over the closure of the hyper acute stroke unit at Yeovil Hospital. Flood warnings have been lifted on the Somerset Levels... and more
A man has died in a fire in Wincanton. Somerset Council is planning further cuts of twenty-one million pounds to help balance its books. A campaign to raise £30,000 for a minibus has been launched in Chard... and more
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